Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-11-05
THE REV. DIR. 1ALhAGG.
TIE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUNDAY
SERMON.
Subject OF Discourse: Free Grace.

jesus Christ. that. horgh lie uas rtcL, noi
for vonf sokes He became poor.'-lt Cora
thians, Wills.
Tint AL tho worlds which on a coil win
ter's night make the heavens one great glitter
are inhalitantlcSs is All alsur:ity. hIoso
pliers tell us that many OF these VOLS ara
100 hot. or too cold, or Of too rarci:ei afnlo
sphere for residence. But, If not fit foI
human abode, ting may bo fit for tcirgs dif
ferent from and superior to ourselves. w
are told that the world Of Jupiter is chanEil2
until it is almost 1T for creatures like thu
human race. and that Mars would ID for the
human family with n little change IN the
structure Of the respiratory organs. Bat hat
there IL n great world swung somewhere, vast
beyond Imagination. AMI that II IS the head
quart rs II the inverse and the metropolis OF
immensely. and has n popIlat on IN numbers
vnst beyond all statistics, AMI Appointments
Of spicnder beyond the capacity OF canvas, or
poem, or angel - d-@cribe, IS as certain a.
the Bible IS authentic. Perhaps some % tn"
astronomers Will their big telescopes have
alreadg caught a glImps, i! Il, not knowing
What It is. We sPli 1t with six lit rs ard
pronounce ~ heaven.
That is wh.re Prince Jesus lived nineteen
centuries ago. He was rho Kings son. 1t was
the Old homestead OF eternity, and all lts
castles were rs old rs Col. Not n frost la!
ever chilled the air. Not n tear had ever
rolled down tn" heck of ONE Of It's inhai-
Itauts. There Ind never leon in II a had
acne. or "A AlLeIt ne OF n near tHEil.. mere
had not been n fn'r raj III tn" memory Of tie
Oldest inhahItant. There had never III al tie
land been woven a black veil, for there bad
never heen anything To mourn over. iEe
passage OF millions II years had not Wrin led
or crIrTle1 or htaliuIued any Of its citizens.
All the people there were III Il state Of eternal
adolescence. What floral and poIIonic bright
neS! Gardens OF perpetual bloom ami
orchards in amending ti1Iltage. Had some
spirit from another world entered and asted:
What is sInt what is bereavement, what's
BOTrOwf What is DEATH the brightot # the
intelligcnces would have failel to give dehni-
ton, though to study the question t1.erc were
silence III heaven for half nh hour. The
Prince OF whom j speak had honors, euolu
mcnts, arrlamatIons, such as no other
Prince, celestial or terrc t'ial, Eyer
enjoyed. AS he passed the street, the
inhabitants took of from their brow, gar
lands OF white lilies and th1ev them in the
way. He never entered any Of the temples
without all the worsliprrS rising up and bow
ing in o~bci-ancr. In oil the prote.&lors Of
the high days he was the one who evoked the
loudesJ welcome. Sometimes on foot, walk
ing IN loving talk with the hurnlic.t o. the
land, but at other times he took chariot. an
among tn" H,WD that David spoke of hS
was the SnlfteSt aud most fanIng: or. rs
when John described him, he took white bal
Trey with what prance of foot, and arch Of
deck, and roll OF name, and gleIm ot eye is
only dInly suggested Ill the Apocalypse. H.
\ was not like other Princes, waiting for the
father to die md then take The throne.
hen q few years ago an artist III Germany
made a picture for the Royal gallery repro
~ntinG Emperor William on the throne, and
Ihe Crown Prince rs having one foot ON the
step of the throne, Emperor William ~ort"rr.i
the picture changed, and said: "IGt the
Prince K ep his foot of the throne Till |
Naveit."
Already cnthroned was tho heavenly
Prince, sido 10y side with the Father. What a
circle of dominion! What myrmidons IF al
uirersl What uncndiny round Of glori,s
All the towers Chlmcd the Prince 8 praises
or all tho inhabitants, from the center OF the
city, on over the hills and clear down II The
beach, against which the ocean OF imlncnsity
rolls IFS pillows, the Prince was the ackuowl
>iged fav0rlte. No wonder my text say
that he was rich" Set all the diamonds O
The earth IN ono sceptcr, build all the palace,
of the earth in one Alhambra, gather all tn,
pParls OF the sea III one diadcin, put al the
values Of the earth in one coin; the aygrrgat
would not express his aniuence. Yes, Pau
was right. Solomon had lnguld GfNG,n 100
and in silver Il, 0e1, 0nD,%f1 sterling. Put q
creator than Solomon Is here. Not the mil
'onalre, hut the guadrillonaire oflicapq. IL
describe his celestial surroundings the B.b,t
uses all colnIS, gathering them III rainbow
over the throne and setting them as agn:. il
the templo window, nnl hosting twelve o
vhein INTO a wall from striped la>pnr ~ tn,
base TO transparent amethyst in the cap tone
while between ar" green of emerald. M,
mo" ot pearl AMI blue Of sapphire, aud yellow
OF topal, gray of Chrysnprasas. aud flame %
%laclnth. All the loneliness Of landscape Il
soltaGe, and river, and rill, and all en-, haut
fn"nt ~aqunmarine, tine sea of glass min-l",
with fire as when the sun sinks IN the Med
t"Tranean. All the thrill of music, instrt
mental and vocal. harpS, trumpets, dcxc
!ogres.. There stood the Erince, surrounds
by those who bad under their wings IN
velocity OF millions of miles in n second, RE
III love, rich In alteration, rich in power, ric
III worship, rich IN holiness, rirI asGoi.
hut ono day thoro was a big dSaS:er in
department OF Gods universe. Arace fallen
a world In ruins, Our planet the So re c
cata>troihe' y globe swinging ont into darl
acss. with mountains and seas and island
All awful centrifugal Of sin seeming to over
power thol "a Itiful CENTRIFUGAL Of r rhtcnu
Ness, AMI from L "A croan reached HEAVIER
such n sound had never been heard thor,
flenty OF sweet sou Is, but never an cutter
OF distress or an cch agony. At that q,
sr"an the Prince 10 from all tho tlissf
CirCumjaCcnFo and started for the outer ra'
ard descended into the night of TINS VOL
Out II what n bright harhor into whist ro.-
sea- Stay with us, cried angel after an
IHi Iot"nato after p~ot"nate. No. 81
" lrnre, Il cannot stay; | must
Cf for that W. Z OF a world
tatSt stop that gr,,u | must hush II
dStrTs Unjust tathom that way ma
redeem tho~' nations. Farewell. thrones y,
t~ethIle@, COMPANIONS clrerubir, saraphic. arc
angelic Excuse this absence, FOR W
C"tne tack again, carrying Ga my shoulder
ran$omSl world. I'll. this is done h.,
earthly N>oH to heavenly acclamat on, AND
cato pen 10 n Kings Inlace. frrsfI .ruc
earth t. atmosphere Of al ot3al ratiarr,.
have no time Ia losc, for bark We the croe
that grows mishtier while | wait. Far,wc
~tarcwcilt"
"Ne know the grace Of our Lord Jos
Chr 81, that, though He was rich. Vet for We,
Ek'S lie htTame poor"
rs there over a contrast 50 oycrratvrrir
as that between the nsntay OF hr :
celestial departure and tho midnight ~
earthly ~arrIvalt Sure cnonLh, the arr,
""r" ont that night in tn >ky. and a >r
meteor actNi rs escort. hut all that wa, fro
other worlds, and not from this word. II
earth made 10 demonstration ot Welcome
one II th' great Princes II the world Ste
out at a depot cheers rcsoend, and tt tam
pay. ami IN" racS wave. Bat for Tho s-riv
"ittIs missionary Primo Of the skies rot
torch faftd. not \ trumr.th,ow. Mt = rlvr
uuti'rJd All the music and tn 1an,' ~,
overhead. Our world Opened f5rhlIn neihs,
tsti"r than a barn der. The IA an
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